Jah Cure To Return To Dutch Court On November 12

Reggae singer Jah Cure will appear before an investigative judge on November 12 in the Netherlands, where he is already serving a sentence of attempted manslaughter.

The Love Is singer has been forced to attend a series of pro forma hearings in the Dutch court as prosecutors have been pushing to overturn his acquittal acquittal on an attempted murder charge.

“The process is still in the hands of the investigative judge for the hearing of witnesses. The next pro forma date is November 12,” Tuscha Essed, press officer for the Public Prosecution Service on appeal, told DancehallMag.

Jah Cure last appeared in court for a pro forma hearing on August 21.

According to Dutch law, inmates have to attend a pro forma hearing, while awaiting a court date for the actual trial; therefore, a judge has to decide about the incarceration (whether to keep a suspect incarcerated or not) every 90 days.

In March 2022, the Jamaican singer, whose real name is Siccature Alcock, was convicted of attempted manslaughter and sentenced to six years in prison after he stabbed a Dutch concert promoter over unpaid performance fees in October 2021.

The trial judges had ruled that Jah Cure’s actions were not a premeditated act of attempted murder, and he was acquitted of the more serious charge. However, following the sentence, Dutch prosecutors appealed against the acquittal of the attempted murder charge.

He was remanded in January 2024, pending a new trial.

ah Cure is known for the hit songs Longing For, Love Is, That Girl, and True Reflection (Behind These Prison Walls).